Tekel Towers » Tek Towers Best Britpop Song Cup

Tek · 24/8/2015 8:21 pm

4 numbers from 1 to 20 please.

Sieb22 · 24/8/2015 8:26 pm

2, 13, 17 & 20 please Tek.

Tek · 24/8/2015 9:25 pm

Many thanks Seibz.

The 11th match of Round 1 saw the top 2 tracks of a low-scoring game both finish on the same votes.As 'Connection' by ELASTICA got to 3 votes first it will be it that progresses through to the 2nd Round as the seeded entrant.Joining it in the 2nd Round (albeit unseeded) will be 'Sunflower' by PAUL WELLER after it finished runner-up.Eliminated from the tournament are 'North Country Boy' by The Charlatans and (perhaps surprisingly) fellow Mancunians Oasis with their top 2 UK hit 'Wonderwall'.

Round 1/Game 12 -

The Manic Street Preachers - Kevin Carter

Released - 30th September 1996
Chart Position - 9 (UK)

V's

The Verve - This Is Music

Released - 1st May 1995
Chart Position - 35 (UK)

V's

Kula Shaker - Hey Dude

Released - 7th September 1996
Chart Position - 2 (UK)

V's

Supergrass - Richard III

Released - 31st March 1997
Chart Position - 2 (UK)

VOTING CLOSES TOMORROW (Tuesday 25th August) AT 9PM
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Songs Eliminated from Round 1 -

1.The Bluetones - Slight Return
2.The Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
3.The Seahorses - Love Is The Law
4.Paul Weller - The Changingman
5.Gene - Haunted By You
6.Whiteout - Detroit
7.Blur - The Universal
8.Super Furry Animals - Demons
9.The Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
10.Supergrass - Alright
11.Ocean Colour Scene - The Circle
12.Elastica - Waking Up
13.Blur - Charmless Man
14.Supergrass - Mansize Rooster
15.Blur - End Of A Century
16.Super Furry Animals - Play It Cool
17.The Charlatans - One To Another
18.The Divine Comedy - Something For The Weekend
19.Shed Seven - Chasing Rainbows
20.Gene - Olympian
21.Oasis - Wonderwall
22.The Charlatans - North Country Boy
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Songs Through Round 1 -

1.PULP - Something Changed (S)
2.Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz
3.Teenage Fanclub - About You (S)
4.Shed Seven - On Stand By
5.Suede - Animal Nitrate (S)
6.PULP - Underwear
7.Oasis - Supersonic (S)
8.The Charlatans - How High
9.Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught The Train (S)
10.Black Grape - Reverend Black Grape
11.The Stone Roses - Love Spreads (S)
12.Ash - Girl From Mars
13.Suede - Beautiful One's (S)
14.Cast - Walkaway
15.The Charlatans - Can't Get Out Of Bed (S)
16.The Verve - History
17.Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger (S)
18.Super Furry Animals - If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You
19.Suede - Stay Together (S)
20.Oasis - Live Forever
21.Elastica - Connection (S)
22.Paul Weller - Sunflower

Foo Kin Twat · 24/8/2015 9:30 pm

Hey Dude.

lifesanocean · 24/8/2015 9:33 pm

Ooft, now we're talking. Really good Manics track. This is Music is absolutely superb. Hey Dude a bit lightweight in this company but still a cracking track and as for Richard III; that intro Jesus Christ.

Im stuck. Torn between the Verve and Supergrass.

Sieb22 · 24/8/2015 9:44 pm

Richard III

Fucking cracking tune!

I played the bass guitar in a band once (with a bunch of St Mirren fans!), didn't play anything big though, and was a competent player but not really great. We done a mixture of covers and original songs, and this was my favourite cover song that we played.

Also played in another band in high school even more moons ago, I played the drums (was very fast, but not very technical), we had a few minor gigs but nothing special, and Tek actually posted another of my favourite cover songs we used to play the other night, Tourette's by Nirvana. Another cracking tune, and pretty simple to play when you break it down.

I haven't played the drums in over 18 years now, and haven't slapped my bass since my youngest was born. The only thing I'm slapping now is my salami!

Tek · 24/8/2015 9:45 pm

The Manics - Kevin Carter

The story behind that song is absolutely heartbreaking.

lifesanocean · 24/8/2015 9:51 pm

Tek wrote:
The Manics - Kevin Carter

The story behind that song is absolutely heartbreaking.

Yep, didn't the boy choose to photograph someone dying rather than help them? He then won awards for the photos but lost the plot with guilt? Or am I talking pish?

Sieb22 · 24/8/2015 9:53 pm

lifesanocean wrote:
Tek wrote:
The Manics - Kevin Carter

The story behind that song is absolutely heartbreaking.
Yep, didn't the boy choose to photograph someone dying rather than help them? He then won awards for the photos but lost the plot with guilt? Or am I talking pish?

Couple of good documentaries about him "the death of Kevin Carter" and "the bang bang club", might still be kicking about YouTube.

lifesanocean · 24/8/2015 9:53 pm

This is Music. I hate you TEK. Can't believe I voted against that Supergrass track, and Kevin Carter tbh. This comp is evil.

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Sieb22 · 24/8/2015 10:00 pm

lifesanocean wrote:
Tek wrote:
The Manics - Kevin Carter

The story behind that song is absolutely heartbreaking.
Yep, didn't the boy choose to photograph someone dying rather than help them? He then won awards for the photos but lost the plot with guilt? Or am I talking pish?

His most famous picture was construed as such, the one with the fragile hungry baby with a vulture waiting in the background. But apparently the babies parents where at a food truck and laid the baby down only for a few minutes, he crept up slowly to take the picture then scared the vulture away.

He did commit suicide and left a note behind to say he couldn't live with all the horrors he had seen and photographed, so it's not too far off what you said at the end.

Tek · 24/8/2015 10:09 pm

lifesanocean wrote:
Tek wrote:
The Manics - Kevin Carter

The story behind that song is absolutely heartbreaking.
Yep, didn't the boy choose to photograph someone dying rather than help them? He then won awards for the photos but lost the plot with guilt? Or am I talking pish?

Pretty much mate (Siebz gave a spot-on description above).

He actually did chase the Vulture away seconds later but was castigated in some quarters at the time for taking the picture in the first place.

My view? = I think it's one of the most important pictures ever taken and i genuinely feel very sorry for the guy that he ended up taking his own life over it all.

Edmond Dantes · 24/8/2015 10:10 pm

Richard 3

Sieb22 · 25/8/2015 6:02 am

Tek wrote:
lifesanocean wrote:
Tek wrote:
The Manics - Kevin Carter

The story behind that song is absolutely heartbreaking.
Yep, didn't the boy choose to photograph someone dying rather than help them? He then won awards for the photos but lost the plot with guilt? Or am I talking pish?

Pretty much mate (Siebz gave a spot-on description above).

He actually did chase the Vulture away seconds later but was castigated in some quarters at the time for taking the picture in the first place.

My view? = I think it's one of the most important pictures ever taken and i genuinely feel very sorry for the guy that he ended up taking his own life over it all.

Apologies in advance to anyone offended

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Andy · 25/8/2015 9:13 am

Hey Dude.

Reminds me of the time when I was going to gigs very week all over the country, happy days.

PatReilly · 25/8/2015 1:11 pm

Richard III, please.

huntedbyafreak · 25/8/2015 7:37 pm

Can't say in a fan of any of these track.

Verve. Purely because it reminds me of an indie club I used to go to in Edinburgh back in the day. Red Stripe a pound a can

Tek · 25/8/2015 8:18 pm

Score Update -

Supergrass - 3
Kula Shaker - 2
The Verve - 2
The Manics - 1

*As Supergrass were top at full time they have now WON THE TIE.Next vote for the verve or Kula Shaker (or next 2 votes for The Manics will determine who progresses in 2nd place*

BennyBoy · 25/8/2015 9:48 pm

Got to be Kula Shaker. Saw both them and the Manics supporting Oasis at Knebworth. Hey Dude was in the set list that day.

Tek · 25/8/2015 9:52 pm

Full Time -

Supergrass - 3
Kula Shaker - 3
The Verve - 2
The Manics - 1

*Supergrass win the tie...Kula Shaker progress also as runner-up*

BennyBoy · 25/8/2015 9:56 pm

huntedbyafreak wrote:
Can't say in a fan of any of these track.

Verve. Purely because it reminds me of an indie club I used to go to in Edinburgh back in the day. Red Stripe a pound a can

Was that the Jaffa Cake, by chance?

huntedbyafreak · 25/8/2015 10:05 pm

Was that the Napier Uni one? Only went there a couple of times.

It was the Moray House Uni one that I went to regularly. Cannae mind the name of it though. Once a month I think. 4 quid to get in. Cheap drink. It was right at bottom of the High Street. Next to Holyrood Tav

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BennyBoy · 25/8/2015 10:14 pm

Jaffa Cake was in between the Castle multi story car park and the Grass Market, went there a few times back in the day. As far as I know it was the only dedicated indie club, as opposed to an indie club night, that I can remember in the late 90s.

huntedbyafreak · 25/8/2015 10:21 pm

Just text a mate. Moray House indie night was called FBI. Once a month. Went to the Jaffa maybe once or twice but I reckon I'm probably a couple of years older than you. Kinda stopped going to Indie clubs 96 and was acting like a tit in various types of dance clubs. Live in Edinburgh 94-98

BennyBoy · 25/8/2015 10:29 pm

huntedbyafreak wrote:
Just text a mate. Moray House indie night was called FBI. Once a month. Went to the Jaffa maybe once or twice but I reckon I'm probably a couple of years older than you. Kinda stopped going to Indie clubs 96 and was acting like a tit in various types of dance clubs. Live in Edinburgh 94-98

I'm 35 so was going to the Jaffa Cake around 1998/1999, been living in Edinburgh on and off since 2001!